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April 20, 2024

69.46% TN VOTERS INK FINGERS, CHENNAI RETAINS ‘LAGGARD' TAG

The provisional polling figure for TN in the three-way contest among DMK, AIADMK & BJP was steeply lower than the 72.47% recorded in 2019. At least 23 seats in TN polled more than 70%; Puducherry logged 78.56%. Except for minor EVM glitches, the polls were largely incident-free

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MODERATE POLLING IN 1st PHASE

The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday-covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories - witnessed a moderate 62% voter turnout.

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Air taxis: Fly from Delhi to Gurgaon in 7 minutes

GET ready to travel from Central Delhi (Connaught Place) to Gurugram (Gurgaon) in Haryana in just 7 minutes as InterGlobe Enterprises, the promoter group of IndiGo, and US-based Archer Aviation plans to launch an all-electric air taxi service in 2026.

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Going gets tough for Tejasvi Surya

TEJASVI Surya is a powerful orator and the national president of the BJP Yuva Morcha.

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'DKS raking up Mekedatu to garner votes'

MINISTER Duraimurugan and DMK candidate DM Kathir Anand, accompanied by family members, cast their vote at the Don Bosco School polling station in Katpadi Gandhi Nagar here on Friday.

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Home secy issues circular to penalise staff failing to vote, withdraws it next day

A day after Tamil Nadu home secretary P Amudha issued a circular on Thursday to deduct a day of casual leave (CL) or earned leave (EL) from their leave account for failing to cast their vote, it was withdrawn after it drew flak from government employees. The circular was meant for staff under home, prohibition a department.

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HC junks pleas against amendments to Bonus Act

THE Madras High Court has refused to void amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, which increases the salary ceiling limit of eligibility for bonus and the minimum limit for bonus fixation, sought by various industrial houses in the state.

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Heat wave on polling day; Erode dist sizzles at 43ºC

Eight districts recorded temperatures higher than 41 degrees Celcius

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COMMUTERS PROTEST AT KILAMBAKKAM TERMINUS

DEMANDING buses to delta regions and southern districts, hundreds of commuters staged a protest at the Kilambakkam Bus Terminus on Thursday night.

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Turns out, city's turnout takes a nosedive

SHARP DECREASE DETECTED EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai THE three constituencies in Chennai continued their streak of low turnouts, as per the provisional figures released after the polling for the Lok Sabha election on Friday.

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Just 21 of 1,375 in Ekanapuram reach booth; ARO's visit to village sparks stir

AMIDST the ongoing protests against the proposed Parandur green airport project, only 21 out of the 1,375 eligible voters in Kancheepuram district's Ekanapuram village took part in the voting process on Friday.

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Invisible ink? Names of voters missing

DESPITE possessing valid voter identity cards and having lived in the same address for several years, many people across the city claimed on Friday that they were excluded from the electoral roll and consequently failed to exercise their franchise in the general elections.

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Three elderly voters die at polling stations

THREE elderly voters who came to polling booths to exercise their franchise on Friday died even as the voting for the Lok Sabha election across the state passed off peacefully.

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Annamalai claims IL names deleted

BJP state president K Annamalai, who is contesting in Coimbatore, on Friday alleged names of around one lakh voters in the constituency have been removed from the voters list, and demanded re-polling in areas where the names were missing.

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Tension in Pootaloorani as villagers waylay minister

THE poll boycott declared by Pootaloorani villagers took a violent turn on Friday, and only seven of the total 931 eligible voters of the village exercised their franchise.

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NTK candidate held for protesting inside booth

THE Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) candidate of Chennai Central constituency was detained and released with a warning after he staged a protest inside one of the polling booths in Pallavan House claiming the light sensor in the EVM did not work when the button the corresponds to the NTK candidate was pressed.

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TN voters boycott polls in 15 places

Reasons range from land acquisition to lack of amenities; Ekanapuram villagers skip polls over Parandur airport plan EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE E VEN as the state struggled to record a better voter turnout in the Lok Sabha election compared to the previous one in 2019, people in around 15 places across the state boycotted the democratic process as a mark of protest over the authorities not finding a solution to their long-pending demands.

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Hubbali murder: Govt denies 'love jihad' claim

Karnataka HM G Parameshwara says accused stabbed victim after knowing she was to marry someone else

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Passengers fume amid long wait for buses in Kovai

A large number of passengers gathered in front of the Singanallur bus stand in Coimbatore on Friday morning, upset over inadequate bus services especially to Madurai and Theni districts.

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Four of Gadag municipality vice president's family murdered

FOUR members of a family were murdered in Gadag around 2.30 am on Friday.

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₹200 off on 25 kg rice, trader bags voters' heart

THE success of an election process depends on the extent of voter participation.

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TN has long way to go in ensuring accessible elections

THE idea of an accessible and inclusive election still remains elusive as voters with disabilities faced difficulties in accessing polling booths across the city on Friday.

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Delays & tech glitches fail to dim spirit of democracy

Mock poll delayed polling by 2 hrs at a few booths in Virugambakkam

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Sri Lankan Tamil casts her first vote in Tiruchy

NALINI Kirubakaran, a 38year-old at the rehabilitation camp for Sri Lankan Tamils in Tiruchy, became the first naturalised Indian citizen from the Kottapattu camp to vote in a general election on Friday.

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Grassroots lesson in democracy: Tribals walk 8 km to exercise franchise

AROUND 70 Irula people who live at Vagapanai tribal settlement at Kil Kotagiri block set out early on Friday morning on a arduous eight-kilometre walk through the forest to Kotada to cast their votes, nurturing hopes that the long-pending demands including road to their settlement and a PDS shop would be addressed by the elected representative at least this time.

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Kharge tears into Nitish, says CM has neither any ideology nor principles

OPPO RETORTS Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaks at a rally in Bihar's Katihar | x RAMASHANKAR @ Patna CONGRESS president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused Bihar chief minister and JD (U) president Nitish Kumar of pursuing his politics without following any principle.

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Maha Yuti leaders struggle to unlock 7-seat Maha knot

THE first phase of voting in the Lok Sabha election concluded on Friday, but the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra still finds itself mired in uncertainty about the seat-sharing and announcement of candidates for seven seats.

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West Asia tense, India needs strong govt: Modi

'PAK BANKRUPT' ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal AT a time when the threat of Iran-Israel war is looming large, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the need for India to have a complete majority BJP government that will work on a war-footing to keep the country safe.

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Breast cancer deaths to double by '40, says Lancet

BREAST cancer has emerged as the world's most common cancer, with the incidence rate predicted to be more than three million, causing a million deaths per year by 2040, according to the new Lancet Commission report.

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Watching child porn an offence? SC reserves verdict

THE Supreme Court reserved its verdict on Friday in the appeal filed by an NGO working for children's welfare against a Madras High Court order.

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Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi issues advisory on non-essential UAE travel

THE Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi issued a travel advisory on Friday due to unprecedented weather conditions.

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Women voters on top of BJP focus

Party aims to strengthen the winnability of its women candidates in more than 100 seats

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Shah recalls journey: 'From booth worker to Parliament'

HOME Minister Amit Shah Union on Friday filed his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, saying he feels proud of contesting from a seat previously held by BJP stalwarts LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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FSSAI asked to examine ‘high sugar' content of Nestle baby food product

RAISING concern over claims that Nestle is selling high-sugar baby foods in India compared to Europe, the Consumer Affairs Ministry on Friday asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to examine the allegations against the company.

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Police detain intruder at Iranian consulate in Paris

PARIS FRENCH authorities Friday detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police and prosecutors said.

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China says new cyber force to help it 'fight and win' wars

BEIJING CHINA announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing's capacity to \"fight and win\" wars.

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GLOBAL CALL FOR CALM AFTER STRIKE ON IRAN

Iran downplays attack, signals no immediate retaliation; analysts forecast de-escalation

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Sanction on Venezuela: ONGC dividend stuck

THE re-imposition of sanctions on Venezuelan crude oil by the US has disrupted ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the overseas arm of India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), plan to retrieve its dividend worth $600 million stuck in Venezuela.

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Jio Financial Q4 net profit at ₹311 cr

Financial Services on Friday reported a consolidated net profit to 311 crore for the fourth quarter ending March 2024.

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MPC predicts strong growth; inflation in focus

THE continuing strong growth momentum, coupled with a 7% projection for the current fiscal, has forced the Reserve Bank-led rate setting panel to vote 5:1 to maintain status quo on the rates front for the seventh consecutive time.

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Wipro says priority is growth as profit down 8%

WIPRO on Friday reported an 8% decrease in its consolidated net profit for the March quarter at 2,835 crore compared to ₹3,074 crore in the year-ago period.

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ICICI's exposure to unsecured loans highest

SECOND-largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has the highest exposure to the unsecured personal loan segment at 13.8%, while at the system level it is 8.7% as of the December 2023 quarter, which more than doubled since March 2018 when it was only 4%, while the system level bad loans in the segment rose by 70 bps to 10.4 percent, the according to an analysis.

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Iran-Israel conflict: Economic impact on India

THE impact of ongoing tension between Iran and Israel is being felt all over the global economy, including India.

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Rahul's T20 batting genius on display against Chennai

when KL Rahul showcases his abundant strokeplay, you wonder why he doesn't do this more often.

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Day to forget for India at qualifiers

Aman loses in semis at Bishkek while Deepak & Sujeet fail to reach on time for weigh-in FIROZ MIRZA @ Chennai IT was never going to be easy given the way the sport has been managed in the past oneand-a-half-year but expectations were still high from the Indian wrestlers.

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Liverpool bow out, Leverkusen advance to semis

LIVERPOOL crashed out of the Europa League after a 1-0 win against Atalanta that wasn't enough to overturn their quarterfinal deficit, while Bayer Leverkusen's 1-1 draw at West Ham took the German champions into the last four on Thursday.

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Odisha put up fighting show to book semis spot

ODISHA FC were staring at defeat and an exit from the ISL during their playoff meeting here against Kerala Blasters on Friday.

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GUKESH JOINT LEADER WITH TWO ROUNDS TO GO

GUKESH rejoined the leaders thanks to a timely win over Nijat Abasov.

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